Huntsville gazette., 1887-06-18
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.


Josiah Carter died at his home in Wood .
ford County, Ky, few days since, aged
eig lty-four years. He was one Of the
Oldest and best citizens. He leaves l15
children, grandchildren and at-grand.
children.
A colored man named Martin fell from
the new capitol building in Atlanta, Ga,
few days ago, distance of seventy five
feet, and was instantly killed.
Joseph Landrum and Elijah Raleigh.
wealthy farmers of Jefferson County.
! < --..s nat few nights ago at Jefferson-
town and renewed an cid quarrel Ian
drum attacked Raleigh with a knife cut
ting him severely. The men were sepa-
rated and started for their respective
homes, Raleigh in a wagon and Landrum
on horseback. Landrum rode ahead, and
securing rifle, returned and shot Raleigh
in the abdomen, inf1icting probable fatal
wound.
William L. Gracey, prominent citizen
OF SPARTA Tenn, committed suicide few
days since, shooting himself with g
double barreled shotgun. He placed the
weapon on the ground, and with a stick
touched the trigger, the load entering the
stomach. Gracey died almost instantly.
de was ffty-five years old and leaves
eleven children. Financial embarrass.
ment caused the deed.
The cotton crop reports for the Memphis
district are in the main quite favorable,
though some complaints come from Ar.
kansas of too much rain.
Hawkins Carley, deputy county treas
urer OF Logan County, Ark, is under ar
rest for robbing the safe Of the Logan
County treasury in February last. Hiram
and jeff Fort and Henry Nichols, of Paris,
Logan County, are implicated.
William Aimison, of Nashville, Tenn,
was reelected president of the Inter
national Typographical Union.
At Bartlett, Tenn, a few days since, a
ten-year-old colored boy named Richard
Smith deliberately blew out the brains of
an eleven months old baby, because its
parents, with whom he had been living.
had severely f1ogged him the day before.
JEFF. Miner, an ex-convict, residing at
Luther Tenn, having attacked Thomas
Greene, was stabbed twenty times and
shot through the head. Miner died and
Greene surrendered to the authorities.
In Favette County, Ga, the five sons Of
Widower Hamber married the five
daughters Of Widow Starnes. To COM
plete the family union, the boys mother
iH-IdW was JOiucu III WeulOCh W UUclf
wives father-in-law.
William McElroy, colored, was riding a
mule at Lebanon, KY, the other day,
when the animal SHE'D and threw him
His feet became entangled, and the mule
dragged him considerable distance. He
was horribly mutlated, and died in few
minutes.
Price Peck, colored, who shot and killed
Otto Board, white boy, in Nashville,
Tenn, last Christmas, has been convicted
OF murder in the second degree, and given
ten years. Imprisonment.
John Woody, one Of the posse who re-
Gently raided the Bates homestead, in
Polk County, Tenn, and killed Avery
Bates, was waylaid and fatally shot few
nights ago, near the Bates place. II }
was walking along the highway return
ing from mill, and is supposed to have
been shot by one Of the friends of Bates.
DIR. Merino and other Cuban physicians
who are familiar with the symptoms,
deny that the disease prevalent at Key
West is gen uine yellow fever, and assert
that it 10 merely malignant accllmating
fever.
Secretary Lindsey of the Tennessee
State Board of Health has received an
official report from Health Officer Blan-
kenship of Maryville, Blount County,
concerning the epidemic of dysentery at
that place. Since the outbreak there had
been twenty-five cases and seven deaths
in Maryville and the surrounding coun-
try.
A tank Of gasoline exploded at Chat.
tanooga few days ago in the two-story
brick building at the corner of Fourth and
Market, and spread with great rapidity tc
the grocery store of ]. Moering and the
Morgan House, a three-story frame struct
ure. The occupants barely escaped with
their lives.
Albert a. Hoefflln, treasurer of the To-
cal assembly of the International Cigar
Makers Union at Louisville, KY, was ar
rested few days ago owing to his failure
to make good a shortage of 81, 406 He had
been given two weeks to make up his
deficiency, and could only raise 500. He
was released on bond of s., 00o. Hoeff1 n
is member of one of the best German
families in the city.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee, after
two months session, adjourned few
days ago after having disposed Of 80
cases. Every case on the West Tennes
see docket has been dispos ed of for the
first time in twenty-five years. Every
body Is loud IL praise of the present
Supreme Bench.
Great excitement was caused at Hen
aersop, KY, few days ago, by the
shooting of Prof. E. s. Clark, Superin-
tendent of Public Schools, By Prof.
Thos. Posey, principal Of the High school.
Bad feeling has existed for some time be-
tween the parties owing, it is said, to the
fact that Prof. Clark had used his infiu
ence to prevent the reelection of Prof.
Posey.
Joe Mckinley, Cicero Evans and John
Helton live on adjoining farms near Ma
gan, Ohio County, KY. They are all
young married men and Woodworking
farmers, but their latest crop beats any
ever before harvested by them. Mrs. Nc
Kinley few days ago gave birth to trip
let's, all girls. The day following Mrs.
Evans presented her lord with twins, and
the next day Mrs. Helton added two more
boys to the local population.
Dr. Matthews, colored hoodoo doctor,
was sentenced at Chattanooga, Tenn,
Few days ago, to three years'impisonment
for obtaining money under falss pre-
lenses. A man named Holland was arrest
cd and put in jail. The hoodoo doctor went
10 Hollands wife and told her he could
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